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Lilly’s Considerations before Judgement in Horary

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Recently Chris Brennan on his Astrology Podcast interviewed one of my favorite horary astrologers, Sue Ward, about Lilly’s Considerations before Judgement. I thought it would be useful to post Lilly’s comments in one place so I went through Christian Astrology … Continue reading →

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A note of the concept of Void of Course in horary

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Sue Ward recently appeared on The Astrology Podcast with Chris Brennan. One of the topics they discussed was her seminal paper on Lilly’s understanding of a void of course moon or planet. Sue mentioned that the definition had changed since … Continue reading →

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Lilly’s definition of the Void of Course Moon

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Anthony Louis

Recently Chris Brennan did a podcast on the various definitions of the void of course Moon. I thought it would be useful to clarify how Lilly used the concept because it is not widely understood in the astrological community. As … Continue reading →

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Will Coronavirus Kill Astrology?

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Anthony Louis

Back in May a friend called to ask what I thought of an article in the NY Times which claimed that astrology was about to die out because astrologers had not predicted the pandemic. I hadn’t read the piece, so … Continue reading →

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Ebenezer Sibly’s Use of Placidus Houses in the late 1700s

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Anthony Louis

The British astrologer Ebenezer Sibly (1751 – c. 1799) is perhaps most noted for the chart he published for the July 4th 1776 Independence Day of the United States of America. In discussing with Chris Brennan on The Astrology Podcast … Continue reading →

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How Placidus Became the Dominant House System

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Anthony Louis

This month Chris Brennan invited me to discuss the history of the Placidus house system in England and America on his site The Astrology Podcast. It was a lot of fun and I think it went well. I learned a … Continue reading →

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Zadkiel’s Rejection of Regiomontanus Houses

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Anthony Louis

On Friday 21 February 2020 I had the great pleasure of chatting with Chris Brennan of The Astrology Podcast about a blog post I did regarding the switch from Regiomontanus to Placidus houses in England, starting at the end of … Continue reading →

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The Zodiacal Releasing of a Pleasant Surprise

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Anthony Louis

Last year I wrote about the astrology of a pleasant surprise. To quote that post: “Not long after my horary book was first published I attended the United Astrology Congress at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Washington, D.C. from April 16 to … Continue reading →

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Hellenistic Theology and a Theory about the Origin of the Joys of the Planets

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Anthony Louis

Chris Brennan’s lecture, which I discussed in the previous post, got me to thinking about the origin of the “joys of the planets.” I am repeating below the section of the previous post that deals with a hypothesis I developed … Continue reading →

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Chris Brennan’s discovery about Triplicities and the Joys of the Planets

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Anthony Louis

I had the pleasure of attending Chris Brennan’s webinar on 18 May 2013 about the joys of the planets. The issue of the various systems of triplicities has long been puzzling to astrologers. Chris has done a great service in … Continue reading →

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